R umar abbasi biography
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List of Abbasid caliphs
- Nominated heir by his brother caliph Al-Saffah (the founder of Abbasid dynasty) in 754.
- Al-Mansur was proclaimed Caliph on his way to Mecca in the year 753 CE (136 AH) and was inaugurated the following year.[7]
- Founder of Baghdad. He was one of the famous Abbasid caliphs.
- During his reign, a Fugitive Umayyad prince Abd al-Rahman I founds the Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus (756).
- Nominated heir by his father After the death of his father, he succeeded him.
- Al-Mahdi commenced his rule by releasing several political prisoners, expanding and decorating the holy places of Mecca and Medina, and building fountains and lofts for Hajj pilgrims. He expanded the mail service,
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Ibn Abbas
Youngest cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Not to be confused with Abbas ibn Ali.
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَبَّاس; c. 619 – 687 CE), also known as Ibn ʿAbbās, was one of the cousins of the prophetMuhammad. He is considered to be the greatest mufassir of the Qur'an.[7][8]
He was the son of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, an uncle of Muhammad, and a nephew of Maymunah bint al-Harith, who later became Muhammad's wife. During the early struggles for the caliphate he supported Ali, and was made governor of Basra. He withdrew to Mecca shortly afterwards. During the reign of Mu'awiya I he lived in Hejaz and often travelled to Damascus. After Mu'awiya I died in 680 CE he migrated to At-Ta'if, where he is resting from around 687 CE.[7][9]
'Abd Allah ibn Abbas was highly regarded for his knowledge of traditions and his critical interpretation of the Qur'an. From early on, he gathered information from other
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Opinion
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Tuesday’s New York brev cover photo, a product of just that scenario Monday in Manhattan, revives a classic journalistic dilemma that now has a 21st-century twist: While witnessing imminent tragedy, people can opt to chronicle the event, to intervene, or to somehow try to do both. And in an era when almost everyone has a cellphone that takes pictures, just about everyone can be a freelance journalist.
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